EPTCan anyone other than Neymar/Hazard break that mold with a good world cup performance?
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Pandemona
Charlie Sheens House51493 Posts
Can anyone other than Neymar/Hazard break that mold with a good world cup performance? | ||
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Bacillus
Finland2052 Posts
I could see De Bruyne having reasonable odds if Belgium finally delivers on the World Cup and City keeps doing well in the competitions. Edit: Ah, Pande got there already. I haven't seen too many games of City or Chelsea, so I'm not sure. I'd maybe put De Bruyne before Hazard purely on City being so good right now, but that's a vague guess at best. Edit2: Coutinho has shown some promise too. Considering Pool are still in UCL, FA Cup and it's World Cup year, maybe there's some potential for him peaking high enough to be a contender. That's assuming he even stays in Pool past the winter trade window. | ||
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Pandemona
Charlie Sheens House51493 Posts
Coutinho be a good shout, no offense to Liverpool as they are a big team, but if he moved to Barca he would raise his chances even further. | ||
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Bacillus
Finland2052 Posts
On December 08 2017 20:45 Pandemona wrote: Coutinho be a good shout, no offense to Liverpool as they are a big team, but if he moved to Barca he would raise his chances even further. In the longer run it likely increases his chances. However, I doubt they're handing any big awards to players transferred over the winter window unless there's some utterly stunning domination going on. Not sure about the exact criteria they're considering here though, so who knows. | ||
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sneirac
Germany3464 Posts
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WillyWanker
France1915 Posts
So for this year, it makes sense that Ronaldo won since he was the key player for the last few rounds of the CL. Modric or Marcelo were more important throughout the year in my opinion, but they're never going to win against a marketing star. However, apart from that he didn't do much, and if the award is about choosing the best player, Messi should win it every year. | ||
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Skynx
Turkey7150 Posts
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sneirac
Germany3464 Posts
On December 09 2017 01:03 Skynx wrote: I don't think either will ever get a 6th. All needs to happen is either of them wins the world cup to guarantee it. Or if either wins the CL it will take someone big winning the world cup to prevent it. | ||
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Bacillus
Finland2052 Posts
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Skynx
Turkey7150 Posts
On December 09 2017 01:34 sneirac wrote: All needs to happen is either of them wins the world cup to guarantee it. Or if either wins the CL it will take someone big winning the world cup to prevent it. Bayern/PSG winning cl, Germany/Brazil winning wc where they gona be? Either way they are not winning WC. | ||
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sneirac
Germany3464 Posts
On December 09 2017 02:58 Skynx wrote: Bayern/PSG winning cl, Germany/Brazil winning wc where they gona be? Either way they are not winning WC. Yeah I think that is the way it will go too. My favorite for wc is Brazil and then it wont matter who wins CL they'll just hand it to Neymar. | ||
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Jerubaal
United States7684 Posts
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Bacillus
Finland2052 Posts
On December 09 2017 06:18 Jerubaal wrote: I can't wait to find out in 50 years if Messi or Ronaldo is better. That is, if football advanced stats has gone past "possess the ball a lot" and "take lots of shots". I'm fairly sure it turns out Lord Bendtner was the dominant player of this era after all. | ||
Liquid`Drone
Norway28798 Posts
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TheNewEra
Germany3128 Posts
Still haven't seen an Eintracht win this season. Fuck me. | ||
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Pandemona
Charlie Sheens House51493 Posts
I think that is wrong personally but who am i to argue with science! | ||
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Greg_J
China4409 Posts
The way I see the Olympics going is countries will copy Britain by throwing tones of money at it until we are all back where we started only a lot more money down the pan. Whether employing people to train in this manner is wasted money or not is a separate debate. With regards specifically to football players need to be so much fitter these days. The game is so often about pace and counter attacks that you just can’t carry weight anymore. Football is so varied and there’s so many different ways in which you can be skillful. So I think you need to define a few more variables before you can make any adequate conclusion. | ||
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sekishusai
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Pandemona
Charlie Sheens House51493 Posts
 which is a shame because i was a huge fan when he went to Barca and thought he would go off on one goals wise but this season he isn't even in double figures yet! He is also 30 now so he has "peaked" for sure which is not good for him if he continues and has a bad (full)season. | ||
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DucK-
Singapore11447 Posts
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